On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 08:27:46AM -0800, Michael Hoodes wrote: > Subject: Konqueror and NY Times sluggish KDE 3.0 to 3.1 Beta 2 > > I have been using Konqueror for browsing the NY Times for as long as > it's been possible from early versions of KDE (1.x?, 2.x) and recently > (since 3.0 and now 3.1 Beta 2). I have noticed sluggish behavior that > occurs consistently with the 3.n versions of KDE. It pauses (for more > than 20 seconds to 30-50 seconds) with an image indicator (bottom > left) indicating n/n+1 images and the percentage indicator (bottom > right) showing from 96-99%. Normal acceptable new page display for me > is 2-4 seconds. This slow response occurs during the AM peak (6 AM > Pacific) which pretty much includes the whole United States > wake-up/start of business peak. This occurs on a broadband connection > on either Woody or Sid with a 2.4.17 kernel. I also assume there is an > upstream cache (attbi). I assume that Konqueror pauses when a page > is not in attbi cache. > > Logically the time that this happens (6 AM - 9 AM) explains the > delay. > BUT - When I go to mozilla or Opera at the same time using the same page > of origin, response on new pages is 2-4 seconds. Konqueror at the > same time stays sluggish. I don't know if this is a Debian problem > (that's what I use) or general KDE. > > Is this a known "bug"? I would really dislike going to Mozilla or Opera > for my AM NY Times browsing but will do so if Konqueror remains > sluggish.
I've noticed the same thing with The Register at "http://theregister.co.uk"; or "http://theregus.com";. Both of these load much quicker with either Mozilla 1.x or Konqueror 2.2.2. -- Roy Bixler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The University of Chicago Press
